Doing Lines
This Metro line had the most recent multi-stop expansion in 2022, making it the longest Metro line.
What is the Silver Line?
Metro's permanent, rechargeable farecard.
What is SmarTrip?
The WMATA service that recently (end of June) got its biggest major change in 50 years, with all routes renamed.
What is Metrobus?
The closest metro stop to the Washington Monument.
What is Smithsonian?
This Metro stop connects to the most lines (5) and has the most escalators (31) of any Metro stop in the DC Metro system.
What is L'Enfant Plaza?
The first Metro line to open.
What is the Red Line?
This stop is named after its neighborhood's low elevation, and the mist and smoke that used to hover over the streets.
What is Foggy Bottom?
This station is named after 2 venues, one of which is abandoned. On August 1 2025, the D.C. Council and the Washington Commanders finalized a deal to rebuild the closed venue to open in 2030.
What is Stadium-Armory?
The 2 closest Metro stops to our current location.
What are Rosslyn and Courthouse?
The occasion for which Metro had the most rail and bus trips in one day, ever.
What was President Barack Obama's first inauguration?
This Metro line is the only line that currently terminates in D.C.
What is the yellow line?
This architect designed the street layout for Washington, D.C.
Who is Pierre L'Enfant?
This station has an abandoned underground entrance which once allowed for in-station connection to its namesake building, but was closed for security reasons in 2001.
What is Pentagon?
The closest Metro stop to Theodore Roosevelt Island.
What is Rosslyn?
The Metro stop with the longest name including subtitles.
What is U St/African Amer Civil War Mem'l/Cardozo?
This light rail line, expected to open in 2027, will partner with Metro to connect customers to the Red, Green and Orange lines.
What is the Purple Line?
The only Metro stop named after British royalty.
What is King Street-Old Town?
On Tuesday, Metro revealed the new design for this late 2027 update.
What is the 8000-series rail fleet?
The closest Metro stop to Ford's Theater.
What is Metro Center?
The longest distance between 2 neighboring Metro stops is between Spring Hill and this stop. Plans for a stop between them leading to Wolf Trap were considered but discarded.
What is Whiele-Reston East? [6.9 miles apart]
From 1993 to 1999, this Metro line operated as two unconnected sections, and could not be ridden from beginning to end without transferring.
What is the Green Line?
This stop was named after the Native American path widened by a British officer's troops during the French and Indian war.
What is Braddock Road?
The Metro's Maintenance and Training Facility, visible from the Orange Line, is named after this woman, the first African-American woman to lead a major transit agency.
Who is Carmen E. Turner?
The closest Metro stop to Capital One Arena.
What is Gallery Place-Chinatown?
Wheaton station features the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere at 230'.
This Metro station (not Wheaton) is the deepest in the system, has no escalators at all, and is accessible only by elevator.
What is Forest Glen?